Last month The Lawyer published the first-ever Offshore Litigation Survey, which revealed the cases on which the top firms have been active as well as firms’ bench strengths. As part of the survey we also asked offshore firms about their technology-related innovations and how they project manage their litigation matters. Offshore firms have introduced a number of […]

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On November 14, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court (FAC) decided that Immer AG, a distributor of door parts, has not participated in a cartel formed by six of its competitors to fix prices. Hence, the court annulled the cartel fine imposed against Immer by the Swiss Competition Commission (ComCo). Immer was represented by Vischer partner […]

New York – September 13, 2017 Tikit, a leading provider of technology solutions for law and professional services firms, today announced that the Legal Technology Core Competencies Certification Coalition (LTC4) has approved Tikit’s assessment for Time and Billing. As part of this, Tikit’s training plans for its Carpe Diem timekeeping application have been mapped to […]

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Last month The Lawyer published the first-ever Offshore Litigation Survey, which revealed the cases on which the top firms have been active as well as firms’ bench strengths. As part of the survey we also asked offshore firms about their technology-related innovations and how they project manage their litigation matters. Offshore firms have introduced a number of […]

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